Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep (3-5yrs)

“Ferdinand Fox curled up in the sunas the church of St Mary struck quarter past one. His tummy was full, he was ready for sleep, and closing his eyes he began to count sheep…”

Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep is one of six rhyming stories about a kindhearted urban fox. Ferdinand sleeps his way through this first story where, through his dream bubbles, he shares with us all of his favourite food! Young children love the rhyming text and vibrant colours!

The inspiration for Ferdinand came from the most beautiful urban fox that I spotted trotting along in a backstreet one misty November evening over 10 years ago. He was incredibly healthy looking and the street lamp lit up his magnificent tail.

He also looked a very kind and interesting fox and I couldn’t stop thinking about him him – wondering what he was doing and where he lived.

After that I kept seeing foxes – or hearing stories from friends about them – and all of my stories are based on actual events. Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep is based on a true story that happened to a friend I was sharing an apartment with in London!

Activity and storybook in one – Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep Colouring Book includes the full text and black and white illustrations to colour in.

Rhyme lasts across time – a great book to keep for your grandchildren!

How to buy Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep

You can buy Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep or Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep Colouring Book in print from Amazon and most major online bookstores worldwide. Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep colour picture book is also stocked by selected branches of Waterstones in southwest London and in local independent bookshops such as The Barnes Bookshop SW13 andThe Sheen Bookshop SW14 and Wimbledon Books, SW19.

Both the picture book and the colouring book can also be ordered from any UK bookshop – just ask!

Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep – enhanced eBook

[Update 18 May 2018 – the eBook is missing from the iBooks store — I have raised a query to find out why! I will update here next week.]

Ferdinand Fox’s Big Sleep is also available as an enhanced eBook with narration and word highlighting.

It works on iPhone, as iPad, iPod and Mac and includes:

my author narration

audio effects

‘read along’ word highlighting

You can choose to turn the author narration on or off. The eBook is very appealing for little ones who can follow the story themselves if they wish to. (It will even turn the page for them if you want it to!)

I’ve included a bonus ‘Where’s Ferdinand Gone’ discussion page at the end as well as ‘See and Say’ word/picture matching pages.